United States Steel (X) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

United States Steel Corporation produces and sells flat-rolled and tubular steel products primarily in North America and Europe. The company operates through North American Flat-Rolled (Flat-Rolled), Mini Mill, U. S. Steel Europe (USSE), and Tubular Products (Tubular) segments. The Flat-Rolled segment offers slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, and tin mill products, as well as iron ore and coke. This segment serves customers in the service center, conversion, transportation, automotive, construction, container, appliance, and electrical markets. The Mini Mill segment provides hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated sheets and electrical steel products. This segment serves customers in the automotive, construction, pipe and tube, sheet converter, electrical, solar industrial equipment, and service center markets. The USSE segment provides slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, tin mill products, and spiral welded pipes. This segment serves customers in the construction, container, appliance and electrical, service center, conversion, oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. The Tubular segment offers seamless and electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing products, as well as standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing products primarily to customers in the oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. It also engages in the real estate business. United States Steel Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.97 to $54.97
• 50-Day Range: $40.34 to $54.97
• 52-Week Range: $26.92 to $54.91
• Volume: 876 shs
• Average Volume: 6.90 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 189.56
• Dividend Yield: 0.36%
• Price Target: $45.60
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

United States Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

United States Steel scored higher than 15% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 176th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

United States Steel has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.86, and is based on no buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

United States Steel has a consensus price target of $45.60, representing about 17.0% downside from its current price of $54.97.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

United States Steel has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 126.57%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for United States Steel are expected to grow by 126.57% in the coming year, from $1.43 to $3.24 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 189.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.63.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 189.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 159.14.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

United States Steel has a PEG Ratio of 2.21. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

United States Steel has a P/B Ratio of 1.08. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for X.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

United States Steel has a dividend yield of 0.36%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

United States Steel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of United States Steel is 68.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, United States Steel will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.17% next year. This indicates that United States Steel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -4.31

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for X.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for United States Steel this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for X on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added United States Steel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -73% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, United States Steel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.98% of the stock of United States Steel is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.92% of the stock of United States Steel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

X Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were United States Steel's earnings last quarter?

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported ($0.39) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.35) by $0.04. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Who are United States Steel's major shareholders?

United States Steel's top institutional shareholders include Osaic Holdings Inc. (0.01%), IFP Advisors Inc, Quaker Wealth Management LLC and Belvedere Trading LLC. Insiders that own company stock include David B Burritt, Scott D Buckiso, Duane D Holloway, Daniel R Brown, Kenneth E Jaycox, Richard Fruehauf, James E Bruno, Alicia J Davis and Andrea J Ayers.
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What other stocks do shareholders of United States Steel own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that United States Steel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), GE Aerospace (GE), Broadcom (AVGO), Tesla (TSLA) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Today: 9/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: STEEL - PRODUCERS
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: NYSE:X
• CIK: 1163302
• Web: www.ussteel.com
• Phone: (412) 433-1121
• Fax: 302-674-5266
• Employees: 22,700
• Year Founded: 1901

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for United States Steel: $45.60
• High Price Target: $55.00
• Low Price Target: $35.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -17.0%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 189.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 38.44
• P/E Growth: 2.21
• Net Income: $384 million
• Net Margins: 0.64%
• Pretax Margin: 0.54%
• Return on Equity: 1.69%
• Return on Assets: 0.95%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 1.45
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.80
• Cash Flow: $6.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.81
• Book Value: $50.80 per share
• Price / Book: 1.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 226,420,000
• Free Float: 224,200,000
• Market Cap: $12.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.87